| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 253 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
LEA's series on personal relationships
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LEA's series on personal relationships.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Sex, lies, and transformations -- The sociological significance of affairs -- Intimacy, negotiated nonmonogamy, and the limits of the couple -- Communication and marital infidelity -- Renaissance of romanticism in the era of increasing individualism -- Men, women, and infidelity : sex differences in extradyadic sex and jealously -- Being unfaithful : his and her affairs -- "From here to epiphany" : power and identity in the narrative of an affair -- A different affair? openness and nonmonogamy in same sex relationships -- Affairs and children -- The role of female friends in the management of affairs. |
| Summary |
The State of Affairs' brings together contributions on the study of sexual affairs in committed personal relationships. Based on a range of survey data, the chapters discuss the impacts of affairs on individuals, partners and other members of the family unit. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Adultery.
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Adultery. |
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Commitment (Psychology)
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Commitment (Psychology) |
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Marriage.
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Marriage. |
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Couples.
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Couples. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Marriage. |
| Added Author |
Duncombe, Jean, 1950-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: State of affairs. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004 0805844570 0805844589 (DLC) 2003057396 (OCoLC)52587550 |
| ISBN |
1410610659 (electronic book) |
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9781410610652 (electronic book) |
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0805844570 (alkaline paper) |
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0805844589 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780805844573 |
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9780805844580 |
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